577  
FXUS61 KILN 271808  
AFDILN  
 
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH  
108 PM EST TUE JAN 27 2026  
   
WHAT HAS CHANGED
 
 
SOME AREAS UPGRADED TO A COLD WEATHER WARNING FOR TONIGHT THROUGH  
WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 

 
   
KEY MESSAGES
 
 
1) A SIGNIFICANT/PROLONGED ARCTIC OUTBREAK WILL CONTINUE  
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, WITH PERIODS OF DANGEROUS EXTREME COLD.  
OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED.  
 

 
   
DISCUSSION
 
 
KEY MESSAGE 1) A SIGNIFICANT/PROLONGED ARCTIC OUTBREAK WILL CONTINUE  
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, WITH PERIODS OF DANGEROUS EXTREME COLD.  
OUTDOOR EXPOSURE SHOULD BE LIMITED.  
 
GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS A FRONT CROSSES  
THE REGION. WINDS WILL QUICKLY SUBSIDE DURING THE EVENING AND SKIES  
WILL BECOME MAINLY CLEAR. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN AIR TEMPERATURES  
GETTING COLDER THAN LAST NIGHT. EVEN WITH LESS WIND, APPARENT  
TEMPERATURES WILL BE VERY LOW AGAIN, TO THE EXTENT THAT NORTHERN  
COUNTIES HAVE BEEN UPGRADED FROM ADVISORY TO WARNING.  
 
THERE MAY BE A VERY MODEST UPWARD TREND IN TEMPERATURES AFTER  
TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL ADVISORIES MAY STILL BE NEEDED FOR THE  
NIGHT TIME PERIODS.  
 
AN ELONGATED EAST-WEST MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL PIVOT ACROSS THE REGION  
FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL USHER IN ANOTHER REINFORCEMENT OF ARCTIC AIR.  
SOME TEMPERATURES RECORDS WILL BE IN JEOPARDY FRIDAY NIGHT, SATURDAY,  
AND SATURDAY NIGHT. AND APPARENT TEMPERATURES MAY FALL BACK INTO  
WARNING TERRITORY.  
 

 
   
AVIATION /18Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/
 
 
BROKEN TO SCATTERED MVFR CEILINGS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TO START  
THE PERIOD WILL LIFT TO VFR BEFORE CLEARING TOWARDS 03Z. GUSTY WEST  
WINDS WILL DIMINISH TOWARDS 00Z AND THEN DROP BELOW 10 KT AND BACK TO  
THE SOUTHWEST. WINDS WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY ON WEDNESDAY AND SOME  
MVFR CEILINGS MAY REDEVELOP AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.  
 
OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
   
ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
 
 
OH...EXTREME COLD WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY  
FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-072.  
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY  
FOR OHZ070-071-073-074-077>082-088.  
KY...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY  
FOR KYZ089>100.  
IN...EXTREME COLD WARNING FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY  
FOR INZ050-058-059.  
COLD WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST WEDNESDAY  
FOR INZ066-073>075-080.  
 

 
 

 
 
DISCUSSION...  
AVIATION...  
 
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